Mental health non-government organisation

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:

Object Class

Synonymous names:

Mental health NGO

METeOR identifier:

432937

Registration status:

Health, Standard 13/11/2014ACT Health, Final 14/08/2018

Definition:

A private organisation that receives Australian and/or state or territory government funding specifically for the provision of services, where the principal intent is targeted at improving mental health and well-being and delivered to people affected by mental illness, their families and carers, or the broader community.

Context:

Mental health non-government organisation services.

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

A mental health non-government organisation may consist of one or more service units based in different locations.

Where the specialised mental health service organisation consists of multiple service units, those units can be considered to be components of the same organisation where they operate under a common governance arrangement.